i'm looking to upgrade my computer. it's a few years old now and it's getting quite slow. i need it if possible to be able to play more or less recent games. if this is not possible i just need to increase its speed considerably. it will be my first time upgrading, i have done some background reading into the subject. i won't change the motherboard since that would be too complicated for me to do. i'm willing to spend about £200 on it. i need your advice. these are the specs:
Computer Type ACPI Uniprocessor PC
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180 (IE 6.0 SP2)
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Motherboard
CPU Type Intel Celeron-S, 1400 MHz (14 x 100)
Motherboard Name ECS P6IWF (3 PCI, 1 CNR, 2 DIMM, Audio, Video)
Motherboard Chipset Intel Whitney i810E
System Memory 256 MB (PC133 SDRAM)
BIOS Type AMI (06/12/02)
Display
Video Adapter Intel(R) 82810E Graphics Controller (Microsoft Corporation) (32 MB)
3D Accelerator Intel i752
Monitor NEC A527 Packard Bell [15" CRT] (TTMN14800526)
Multimedia
Audio Adapter Intel 82801BA ICH2 - AC'97 Audio Controller [B-5]
Storage
IDE Controller Intel(R) 82801BA Ultra ATA Storage Controller - 244B
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive WDC WD400EB-11CPF0 (37 GB, IDE)
Optical Drive HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8400B (40x/12x/40x CD-RW)
Optical Drive HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8160B (16x/48x DVD-ROM)
I was thinking of getting a 256Mb ATI Radeon graphics card, perhaps increase RAM to 1gig and getting a 160GB Maxtor DiamondMax SATA hdd and a LiteOn Dual Format & Double Layer dvd writer. is this too ambitious? i'm not at all sure if this is possible with this motherboard, any recommendations? or am i better off just buying a completely new computer?
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